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Re:Some tea bags may shed billions of microplastics per cup by petecox on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @08:52PM (#21077124)
Not all brands, obviously, but don't assume the 'bag' itself is biodegradable.

Anecdotally, certain fancy tea bags survived an 18 month composting cycle, which I had to then pluck out by hand before spreading said compost on my vegie patch.

Be kind to worms!

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Re:Some tea bags may shed billions of microplastics per cup by cpcallen on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @10:14PM (#21077534)
Most 'biodegradable' plastic is PLA, which will compost but not in home composters, which don't get hot enough.
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